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Topic:
Personal
Health
Grade
Level: Kindergarten
District
Health Standard:
Identify
dental and cleanliness habits and relationship to health.
Lesson Summary: The
first lessons discuss and demonstrate the importance of good dental health
habits. The second lessons discuss and demonstrate the importance of
keeping hands and body clean.
Textbook
Connections:
McGraw-Hill
Health Chapter 1, Lesson 3
McGraw-Hill
Web-Linked Activities
Materials:
Materials necessary for the centers that are chosen.
Technology:
Computer with Internet connection.
Dental Health
A
Good Time To Present This Lesson Is During Dental Health Week In February.
1. Ask
the School Nurse to present a lesson on dental health care.
2.
Discuss with the students
the importance of brushing teeth and flossing.
Ask students why it is important to take care of teeth, and what
would happen if they didn't take care of their teeth.
3.
Demonstrate how to brush
teeth, using a model of the mouth with the teeth and toothbrush. While demonstrating, use the word plaque and explain what it means.
Demonstrate flossing the teeth.
4. If possible,
students should practice
brushing using their own teeth and toothbrush.
Cleanliness
Habit
Cleanliness
and Hand Washing
Ask
the school nurse
to present a lesson on cleanliness and washing hands. Discuss
with students why people should wash their hands before eating.
Discuss and make a list of when students should wash their
hands
and take a bath.
White
Glove Test
Use a paper towel to wrap around a hand.
(One hand has a white towel and other hand has nothing.)
Ask students to guess what will happen to the white towel when you walk
around the room and touch different items that are normally handled around
the room. (hypothesis) Walk around the room, touching different
objects with both hands.
Observe the white towel several times while walking around the
room. Record the observations.
(collect data) Ask what is happening
to the other hand at the same time.
Was the guess (hypothesis) correct? (analysis) End
the activity by drawing conclusions about the amount of dirt that could
collect on hands during the day, the importance of washing hands, and what
happens if hands are not washed.
The
Bread Tells the Tale
Taking
a slice of bread, walk around the room touching the same objects normally
touched. Put the bread in a baggie.
Observe the bread for several days (bacteria and mold will grow on
the bread). Discuss what has
happened to the bread. Discuss
how this helps them to understand why keeping hands clean is important.
Pass
Hand Touching
Put some glitter on your hands.
Touch several people. Notice what has happened to the glitter.
Discuss how the glitter and germs are alike.
Washing
Hands
Discuss the importance of getting in between the fingers and under
the nails. To make sure
children are washing hands for a long enough period of time, choose a song
to sing while washing hands ("Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" or
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" work well). Practice washing hands and the necessary restroom rules.
Learning
Centers:
Make a Tooth Brush
Use
construction paper to make the handle of the toothbrush.
Use
a brown paper towel (folded with strips cut) for the brush.
Lost
Tooth Packet and Chart/Graph of Lost Teeth
Make an envelope shaped packet to keep
a lost tooth
in.
As students lose
teeth, have them add a tooth to the graph of the Lost Tooth.
Tooth Puppet
Use a lunch sack to make a tooth.
Add body parts to tooth: eyes,
mouth, and hands. The
puppet maybe holding a toothbrush.
Smile Collage
Cut pictures of mouths and teeth from magazines to make a collage.
Marshmallow Mouth
Cut a strip of paper 8 Inch long.
Round the corners. The paper will be bend In half.
The 2 rounded ends will make the top and bottom of a mouth.
Glue marshmallows around the both rounded ends to make the teeth.
Brush a Tooth
Use
the bottom 3 inches of a clear 2-liter pop bottle (turn it over - It looks
like a giant tooth).
With an old toothbrush and shaving cream, practice brushing.
Dramatic Play Center
Dentist's
office - Include white jackets or gowns, gloves, reclining chair,
flashlight (to look in mouths), plastic cups,
appointment
book, and teeth "x-rays" (make your own by drawing with
permanent marker on laminating film).
Computer Center
Use
the
WebQuest
Dental Care
to connect to games and websites.
WebQuest: Dental Care
Websites:
Awesome
Teeth Lesson Ideas
Several lesson plans for teaching about teeth.
Dental
Health Month Activities
Dr.
High Tech
See commercials for a dentist that shows him working on a child’s teeth.
Healthy
Teeth
Johnson
& Johnson Oral Health
This
site includes a matching game of items that keep teeth healthy.
Kid’s
Dentistry
Great diagram of all teeth and use of sealants.
Lost
Tooth Project
First Graders learn about teeth.
Magic
School Bus
A healthy teeth maze game (like Pacman)
Snack
Facts
As a reference for teachers, a guide to healthy snacks for teeth.
Sparkle
City
This is the “Crest” site, with music and games about dental health.
Includes a tour of “Doc Croc’s” dentist office.
Teeth
A
cartoon movie about teeth.
Tell
the Tooth
Find appropriate snacks for good teeth by clicking on the food.
Teeth
Teeth Teeth
A school in New Zealand provides information about teeth
Toothman
A site that will let students play hangman with dental terms. (This is
a little advanced for young children.
Authors:
Linda Miller & Joan Boles
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